ORTHODOX SYRIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE EAST
OUT SIDE KERALA REGION - CALCUTTA DIOCESE
Class : III
Unit I: Bible Stories
Lesson 1: Offerings that please our Lord
1) Who were the first two children of Adam and Eve?
2) What work Cain and Abel doing?
3) Are our offerings as good as Abel’s?
4) How will do our families participate in the festival of First fruits in our church?
5) Why do we hold charity collection/offertory in our Sunday School?
6) Why did Cain and Abel decide to sacrifice the fruits of their labour?
7) God was not pleased with Cain’s offering. Why?
Unit I: Bible Stories
Lesson 2: Abraham’s Broadmindedness
1) Who was Abraham’s nephew?
2) Why did Abraham decide live independently?
3) What Abraham said to Lot regarding the separation?
4) Which side of the land Lot selected?
5) Why did Lot lose his wealth?
6) In which name Abraham is called?
Unit I: Bible Stories
Lesson 3: Fire in bush
1) In which country did the people of Israel become slaves?
2) To whom God chose to deliver Israelites?
3) Who was the king that Israelites to put them as their slaves?
4) Where did God Appear to Moses?
5) What Moses doing in Horeb when God Appear to Moses?
6) How did God appear to Moses?
7) What was the command of God to Moses when God appear in Horeb?
8) Do you know why Yahweh chose Moses?
9) What we understand with the God’s selection of Moses?
Unit I: Bible Stories
Lesson 4: The Strength of Prayer and Fasting
I. Answer any The of the following :
1) Who was the king of Babylon?
2) Name the cousin of Mordecai?
II. Answer in one or Two sentence (Any Five) of the following :
1) How did Ester become the queen of the land?
2) Why did Haman decide to kill Mordecai and to destroy his tribe?
3) What was the religious commandment of Jews regarding the worship?
III. Explain any Four of the following:
1) How did Mordecai saved his tribe from Haman’s enraged to destroy them?
Unit I: Bible Stories
Lesson 5: Samson: The Strength of Vow
I. Answer any The of the following :
1) What was Samson? “Nazirite”?
2) What are the special characteristics of Samson?
3) Who is a “Nazirite”?
4) What are any two of the vows which Samson violated?
5) Narrate the incidents that reveal Samson’s strength?
6) How did Samson got his strength again?
7) How did Samson completed his mission to save Israelites from Philistines?
Lesson 11: Offerings that please our Lord
1) What is meaning of Moran?
2) Find out how many times we pray the prayer O Jesus Christ….(Moran Yeshu Masiha..)?
Unit 2: Prayer
Lesson 12: Let’s Pray to God, the merciful
I. Answer any Ten of the following :
1) How many times orthodox believer shall pray canonically?
2) How many time shall we Pray?
3) What is the meaning of Compline (Soothara)?
4) What is the meaning of ‘pleading’?
II. Answer in one or Two sentence (Any Five) of the following :
III. Explain any Four of the following:
IV. Fill in the Blanks:
1) “Seek and you will find; and …………………..” (St. Luke 11:9)
Unit 2: Prayer
Lesson 13: Let us Pray to the Holy Trinity
I. Answer any Ten of the following :
1) What does the prayer Kauma represent?
2) What does the prayer ‘O Holy Father…….. represent?
3) What is the meaning of syriac verse “Shubhaholabo ……”
II. Answer in one or Two sentence (Any Five) of the following :
1) When do we recite the Prayer ‘O Holy Father………’?
2) When did shall we make the sign of Cross?
3) Who are the three persons in the Holy Trinity?
III. Explain any Four of the following:
IV. Fill in the Blanks:
Unit 3: Hymns of Worship
Lesson 14: Let us Pray to Mother Mary for Intercession
I. Answer any Ten of the following :
II. Answer in one or Two sentence (Any Five) of the following :
1) What does it mean when the ritual of raising Chalice and Paten commemorate? Raising
Chalice and Paten commemorating the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
III. Explain any Four of the following:
IV. Fill in the Blanks:
1) “Whatever He says to You, …………..” (St.John 2:5)
Unit 3: Hymns of Worship
Lesson 15: Let us Sing and Worship
I. Answer any Ten of the following :
1) What is the meaning of Hoothomo? Concluding prayer
II. Answer in one or Two sentence (Any Five) of the following :
III. Explain any Four of the following:
IV. Fill in the Blanks:
1) “Blessed are the pure in heart, ………………...” (St.Mathew 5:18)
